Englewood Route 4 is a proposed station along NJ Transit's

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extension of Hudson-Bergen Light Rail in Englewood in lower reaches of the Northern Valley in

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(CSXT) Northern Branch where it runs under

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at MP 8.8, east of Nordhoff Place and north of Sheffield Avenue. The station is designed to have an

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, partially located under Route 4. It will include a parking deck for 945 vehicles incorporated into a storage and maintenance VBF (vehicle base facility). Vehicle access from Route 4 will be via Grand Avenue (

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County Route 501 and

New Jersey Route 93 Route 93 is a state highway in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is a north–south highway that runs from an intersection with U.S. Route 1/9 in Ridgefield on Grand Avenue in Ridgefield, Palisades Park, Leonia, and Englewood before endin ...

). Approximately of property will acquired to build the parking deck and VBF. Two other HBLR stations are planned in the city further north of Englewood Route 4 at Englewood Town Center and at

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, the line's terminus. The area radiating from the station site has been dubbed Englewood South. It is zoned for planned unit development (PUD) and consists mixed-use development that is undergoing a transformation from a warehouse distribution & manufacturing district into a residential, retail, and business neighborhood.

History

Rail service in Englewood began in 1859 when the region was still known as the English Neighborhood. By 1887

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's Northern Branch had three stops in the city: the southernmost at Nordhoff (#1919) (later Sheffield Avenue), the central depot at Englewood (#1921), and the northernmost at Highwood (#1923) (later Hudson Avenue).

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